This weekend and next, the Invertigo Dance Theatre will be presenting Flip Flops and Platforms, with original work by Artistic Director Laura Karlin and guest choreographer Jones Welsh, to an LA audience. Invertigo Dance Theatre does a great job at not only interesting choreography for the well trained eye, but also puts an enjoyable and innovatice show for the ballet novice. It’s refreshing to see a company perform for the mere excuse that they love to dance. The movements, music, and choreography is original and a must see for all you Angelinos.
In today’s political climate, soundbites and certainty are valued above willingness to debate or cross into the uncertain grey spaces. The dancers use dynamic movement to explore how we stand firm on platforms or waver in our beliefs. Invertigo sets out not to condemn or applaud our political stances, but to reveal the subtleties of how we communicate them. The piece explores how we frame an issue and each other, how we choose to view someone and what things look like from different perspectives. All this happens utilizing interactive set pieces, dialogue and of course an array of flip flops and platform shoes.
So take a chance, impress a date, and go see something that might actually inspire you (instead of BS like Righteous Kill).
When: September 19 – 21 and 26 – 28 | 8pm on Friday + Saturday, 6pm on Sunday
Where: Stella Adler Theatre - 6773 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles 90028
How: Tickets and information available at www.invertigodance.org or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 800.838.3006
How Much: $20 general, $15 students/seniors, $25 reserved seating
Other Info: Validated parking in the Hollywood + Highland structure
About the Company:
Invertigo Dance Theatre is a Los Angeles-based contemporary dance company, founded in 2007 in order to produce compelling, whimsical dance theatre which connects with and challenges audience members. The company has performed to sold-out crowds at Highways Performance Space and with the Independent Shakespeare Company at Barnsdall Park. For more information, please visit www.invertigodance.org
About the Artists:
Laura Karlin is the founder and artistic director of Invertigo Dance Theatre. She has worked with an array of companies in Los Angeles and London as a choreographer, performer and head of education/outreach. Laura works with Invertigo to create new work, bring dance theatre to a larger audience and develop new ways to get students excited about dance.
Jones Welsh has been performing, directing, and teaching movement and theatre professionally in New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle for the last 8 years. This is his fourth year as a Diavolo Dance Theatre company member and he has also collaborated with Rosanna Gamson / World Wide and Collage Dance Theatre. With Making Faces Productions, Jones co-produces new work in Los Angeles, including the Company Of Strangers, CatchMeBird, contra-tiempo and LA movement festivals: the Improv Dance Festival and the Somatic Movement Arts Festival.
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